The assessment of the fear of being laughed at in Poland: Translation and first evaluation of the Polish GELOPH<15>

• Authors: Władysław Chłopicki , Anna Radomska , René T. Proyer , Willibald Ruch
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The main aim of the paper was to translate and, for the first time, evaluate the Polish GELOPH<15>. This is a 15-item questionnaire for the subjective assessment of gelotophobia, the fear of being laughed at. Gelotophobia is seen as an individual differences phenomenon at a sub-clinical level. The psychometric properties of the Polish version were tested in two independently collected samples with a total N of 506 participants. The Polish GELOPH<15> yielded good psychometric properties in terms of high reliability in both samples. The fear of being laughed at existed widely independently from the participants’ age, sex, or marital status (being married or living with a partner vs. being single or not living with a partner). The Polish GELOPH<15> can be seen as a reliable instrument for the subjective assessment of gelotophobia for research and practical applications.

Keywords

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fear of being laughed at; test adaptation; gelotophobia; laughter; humor

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 172-181

Contributors

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Władysław Chłopicki

• Department of English, Jagiellonian University, al. Mickiewicza 9, 31-120 Kraków

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Anna Radomska

• Faculty of Psychology, Warsaw University, ul. Stawki 5/7, 00-183 Warsaw

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René T. Proyer

• Department of Psychology, University of Zürich, Binzmühlestrasse 14/7, 8050 Zürich, Switzerland

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Willibald Ruch

• Department of Psychology, University of Zürich, Binzmühlestrasse 14/7, 8050 Zürich, Switzerland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10059-010-0022-2